Zendala Dare #91

Here's Erin's template for this week:

 

and here's my Zendala:

 As you can see, I'm still enamored with Aquafleur. As soon as I saw the template, I knew what I wanted to do, and just went ahead and did it. Hope you all like it. 

Comments are always welcome; Pro or Con. 

I love to hear what you think.

Be sure to visit the the Bright Owl's site; see the other wonderful entries, and maybe try out one of the Zendala Dares yourself.
 

Thanks for visiting; Have a wonderful day, week, month; 

see you all next time.

String Thing #26

We're getting close to Valentine's Day, and this String Thing reflects that. We are to use String #039 by Jo Fletcher,

 

 and fill it with patterns that we love. Since I have been obsessed with Aquafleur ever since it was introduced, it seemed like the obvious choice.  I could actually see it in my mind's eye. So I just started in setting down what I was seeing, and with little deviation, this is what I came up with.

Being a Heart, and for Valentine's Day at that, I considered color, so  I used a couple of my photo editors, and came up with these 2:

Then I thought, hand color it.

So I made a couple of copies, and colored this one with Prismacolor pencils

and this one with Derwent Inktense pencils, and a little water.

All in all, I think I still favor the original, even though it's just black and white.

 Let me know what you think.

Be sure to check out all the other entries @ Tickled to Tangle, on Monday, when Adele Bruno posts them. The vast differences that can be achieved using the same string are truly incredible. And, if you've a mind to try a String Thing yourself, check back on Tuesday, when she offers the new ones..

Thanks for visiting; please leave a comment, favorable or not. I'd love to hear your thoughts. That's how we learn and grow; and how we know someone out there is paying attention.

Have a wonderful day, week, month; see you all next time.

Diva's Challenge #153, UMT:Jailed Johnny

Being the first challenge of the month, we have UMT (Use My Tangle.) In other words, use the tangle Laura designates. This time around, it's a tangle called Jailed Johnny, by Sadelle Wiltshire. The step-outs for this tangle are here on her blog. 

This is my interpretation. 

 I've used 2 variations, or tangleations, of Jailed Johnny; one using Flux, and one using Antidots.

Be sure to visit the Diva's site; see the other wonderful entries, and maybe try out one of the Challenges yourself.

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Have a wonderful day, week, month; see you all next time.

Zendala Dare #90, Happy Birthday Erin

This is this week's Template for the Zendala Dare,

 

 and because it's the first week of the month, there's an extra challenge. Since February 3rd was Erin's (the Bright Owl's) Birthday, she asked us to gift her with the gift of inspiration, in the form of our favorite tangle. Well, that's a hard challenge, because I don't have just one favorite tangle. Those of you who have been following this blog lately know that my new favorite tangle is Aquafleur. But Paradox and Betweed have been favorites for a long time, along with Purk and a few others. So I'm gifting Erin with 3 of my favorite tangles: Aquafleur, Betweed, and Paradox. Unfortunately, in checking out some of the early entries, other people also chose Paradox, and I think possibly Betweed as well. But I've already finished my Zendala, so it will have to do. Sorry that you're getting so many repeats, Erin. I know you were hoping for lots of inspiration. I'm sure that by the time all the Zendalas come in, there will be plenty new ones for you to enjoy. So, that said, here's my Birthday Zendala:

Happy Birthday

 I hope you like it, Erin. And I hope it brings you much inspiration.

Be sure to visit Erin's (the Bright Owl's) site; see the other wonderful entries, and maybe try out one of the Zendala Dares yourself.

Thanks for visiting; please leave a comment, favorable or not. I'd love to hear your thoughts. That's how we learn and grow; and how we know someone out there is paying attention.

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More Aquafleur; Are you ready?

I've been so obsessed with Aquafleur; I just can't stop playing around with it. I need to be able to draw it out in a more freeflowing manner. Some of what I did at first was too static. I got a little help from Helen Williams' video, but I still have far to go before I approach the level at which I'd like to be. If you're not familiar with Helen's work, you must check out her blog. Her work is fabulous.

Since I've been working on Aquafleur practically non-stop, I figured I might as well post some of the tiles and ZIAs that I've done.

This one is done on an ATC. As you can see, I'm still hung up on floating ribbons. They really appeal to me aesthetically. 

 No floating ribbons on this one, but I kind of like it.

 Back to the floating ribbons again. The color on this is not quite right. I tried photographing and scanning; neither is really true. Even using a photo editor didn't work. Suffice it to say that it's a really bright shocking pink. I don't think I'll use it again.

 The three previous ones were done before I watched Helen's video. This next one is after. There are 2 versions; before and after filling in the stripes (for lack of a better word.) I'm sure they probably are influenced be Helen's style, but I really like it, and hope I can find a way to make it my own.

Aquafleur is still the Diva's Challenge right now, so be sure to visit her site; see the other wonderful entries, and maybe try out one of the Challenges yourself.

Thanks for visiting; please leave a comment, favorable or not. I'd love to hear your thoughts. That's how we learn and grow; and how we know someone out there is paying attention.

Have a wonderful day, week, month; see you all next time.